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Day #2 of the 30 Day Book Challenge.

Prompt: A classic romance

Ponders.

The Thorn Birds by Colleen MCullough.

Because I'm in that sort of mood.

Also I like this quote.

“There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one. Then, singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest, sharpest spine. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to outcarol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain… Or so says the legend.”
― Colleen McCullough, The Thorn Birds

Date: 2020-10-31 03:21 pm (UTC)
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When I was a kid, I read a lot. (I mean a lot.) By the time I was 11 or 12, I'd read everything I was interested in from the children's section in our local library and had begun reading in the adult section. In order to check out certain books, I needed parental permission, which my mother was happy to provide. (Her approach to parenting was to do more or less the opposite of my conservative, Christian, church-three-times-a-week-and-twice-on-Sunday grandparents.) Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor is one of "those books." When it was first published in 1944, it was literally banned in Boston. After seeing The Guardian's glowing review, I'm going to reread it, assuming I can find a copy. Major spoilers in the review, in case you're thinking of trying it.

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